Black Bushbird
Neoctantes niger(Pelzeln, A, 1859)
English (US) Black Bushbird
The Black Bushbird (Neoctantes niger) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thamnophilidae (Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Colombia to western Amazonian Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and southeastern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Neoctantes niger
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Bushbird
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Xenops niger
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1859)
- Type locality
- Marabitanas, Rio Negro, Brazil.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 34 p.111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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